Daybreak Children's Rare Disease Fund is the operational name of Friends of Telethon Foundation Italy.

Daybreak Children's Rare Disease Fund is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization whose mission is to support the best research aimed at the cure of rare genetic diseases. Daybreak choose as primary beneficiaries of its efforts Fondazione Telethon Italia and its two world-class research centers, TIGEM and TIGET.

Daybreak Children's Rare Disease Fund is committed to raise awareness on rare genetic diseases and to promote timely development and availability of safe and effective diagnostics and treatments for affected persons.